init and password file

hi
i m creating a new database with the name "test"..when we issue the command of startup, by
default it checks the initifile with the name "inittest.ora" if "spfileinit.ora" at
$ORACLE_BAST/product/9.2.0.1.0/dbs....i want to ask that can we change this default
location??if yes then how will i tell oracle that check for inittest at that specific
location not on the default location...
same question is for the passowrd file....i mean how can we have a passowrd file with the
different then default name and how can we relocate it...
on windows its very simple...we just neet to edit registry variable but how on linux
Regards

On linux/unix it is even simpler. Just create a symbolic link in ORACLE_HOME/dbs to your init.ora file.

startup pfile='full path of parameter file'

I am not sure about init* files. But you can place Tnsnames.ora and Listener.ora in /etc.

Can you try the same for init* files and post back?

well
we can place TNSNAMES.ORA etc to any location because e have TNS_ADMIN environment variable
but how init
???
Regards

as was previously said, put the init file anywhere you want and have a softlink to oracle_home/dbs

Or in all your startup scripts have startup pfile=...